Elma

I was thinking the same back five, then Bruno and Tonali, with a front three of Gordon (if fit), Woltemade and either Osula or Ramsey on the right. 5-4-1 out of poseession, 3-4-3 in possession. Think we'll lose but will put in a performance and it will be closer than many think.

Should have been 2-2

Seven added

I love Hall but O'Reilly is such a beast. He's got to start for England this summer. Not that I'll be watching like.

Haaland a bit honest there. Good to see though. Shearer-esque.

Funnily enough I used to live near The Emirates and they were the Premier League team I hated least in London. Trossard and Havertz aside I don't hate too many of their players. Just dislike Arteta and it would be so funny if they won nowt after quadruple talk.

Great throw by Donnarumma to start that.

1-1

Great goal. 1-0 City

Cracking start.

How did that not go in?

A West Ham win at Palace tomorrow and Spurs are really in it.

Woodman coming on for Liverpool.

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That's fair enough. I live in London and the last game I was up for was Brentford. I watched the game live on TV so am basing my opinion off that, and also what I'm hearing from contacts who work at the club. I suspect some players are playing within themselves, whether that's due to not getting enough minutes, end of season fatigue, or have one eye on the world cup. I think for the majority of players it's a confidence issue and that's on Eddie to resolve. A good manager will find their way out of a slump. Man City took five points from a nine game streak last season. Eddie's got five games to prove he can do it, otherwise there will be legitimate questions asked this summer.

I think the majority of the players are still behind him. I don't think there's any way those players that he took to fifth and a League Cup win aren't playing for him. I think Thiaw is behind him. The ones who "might" not be bothered whether he moves on or not are the newer signings who can't get into the team and other fringe players who haven't had a run under him. That's human nature. The team still outran Bournemouth yesterday by a couple of km, and you can see the effort is there. The problem is confidence is really at rock bottom. For me, the annoying thing is that for a coach who prides himself on learning and developing, he can't see that his poor and reactive in game management is costing us points, and it looks like he's doing nothing to fix it. I'd be stunned if we don't go three at the back next week now, and maybe that might get us out of this slump. I'd absolutely take a hard fought draw at this point.

I always give players (and managers) time, but I said early on with Elanga that I couldn't see what we (Eddie?) had seen in him. He surrenders possession as much as Murphy, has a poor first touch, and was regularly on his heels, meaning he's beaten to a ball played into his feet by the defender marking him. These are all basics and shouldn't need to be coached into a professional footballer in his early twenties. He's got pace and his delivery isn't bad (although it's detoriated lately with loss of confidence) but Murphy has both of those.

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Fuck

Tino off

Stands!

Ball played by Evanilson.

Onside

Heel was off